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Disability benefit claimants face 'unacceptably poor service' from the DWP, damning report finds
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Disability benefit claimants face 'unacceptably poor service' from the DWP, damning report finds

A Public Accounts Committee report raises significant concerns about how the Department for Work and Pensions handles benefits claims, while many people needing support from the system 'face real pressures in their daily lives'
'It's surreal': Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
Big Issue vendor Dave Martin looking at his portrait during at the Outsiders project exhibition
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'It's surreal': Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition

Rough sleeping in London won't get better until 2026, says Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
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Rough sleeping in London won't get better until 2026, says Sadiq Khan

Big Issue founder tables bill for new government ministry dedicated to eradicating poverty
Poverty

Big Issue founder tables bill for new government ministry dedicated to eradicating poverty

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'

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Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds
keir starmer labour prime minister
Child poverty

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

'It's deeply upsetting': 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year
A child at home
Temporary accommodation

'It's deeply upsetting': 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
Paul McNamee

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed
The city of Plymouth
Damp and mould

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed

DWP told to justify freezing housing benefit amid surging homelessness and skyrocketing rents
a man who has experienced homelessness and lived in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

DWP told to justify freezing housing benefit amid surging homelessness and skyrocketing rents

DWP's benefit fraud crackdown blasted as 'one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation'
keir starmer
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP's benefit fraud crackdown blasted as 'one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation'

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why
a person paying bills with a calculator
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why

It's 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?
a person rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

It's 1,000 days since Vagrancy Act was repealed – so why are rough sleepers still criminalised?

Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned
Keir Starmer at a lectern in front of UK flags
Disability benefits

Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures
Crisis chief executive Matt Downie with housing secretary Angela Rayner and homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Homelessness

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It's hurting UK growth
An aerial shot of central London
Wages

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It's hurting UK growth

'I'm going to miss him': Calls for plaque in memory to 'gentle' Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
Big Issue vendor Darren Prentice
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'I'm going to miss him': Calls for plaque in memory to 'gentle' Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake at the Renters' Rights Bill third reading
Renting

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
a row of homes in the UK
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

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Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
RENTING

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons

'Rushed implementation' of AI in DWP benefits system could 'harm' people, experts fear
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits University College London East as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
Department for Work and Pensions

'Rushed implementation' of AI in DWP benefits system could 'harm' people, experts fear

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Big Issue vendor André Rostant and Dom Joly in conversation
Our vendors

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs
Deborah from Sheffield faced a section 21 eviction
No-fault evictions

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs